Sponge and slate-pencil holder



(No Model.)

S. M. ASHBY.

SPONGE AND SLATE PENCIL HOLDER No. 893,496. Patented Nov. 27, 1888.

'nmmnmmrw M niTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SARAH M. ASHBY, OF CASSOPOLIS, MICHIGAN.

SPONGE AND SLATE-PENCIL HOLDER.

sPECIP ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,496. datedNovember 27, 1888,

Application filed July 6, IBFB.

To all whont it 772,117 concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH M. ASHBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gassopolis, in the county of Cass and State of Michigan,have invented a new and useful linprovement in Combined Sponge andSlate- Pencil Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined sponge and slate-pencil holderdesigned especially for use in school; and it consists in the construetion and novel combination of parts hereinafter described, illustratedin the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a perspective View of a combinedsponge and pen cil holder embodying the invention, with the sponge andpencil in place and attached to a suitable point of a desk. Fig. 2represents a plan View of the holder with the sponge and pencil removed,and Fig. 3 a vertical crosssection.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a cylindricalbottomless receptacle or cup, having preferably the circumferentialheads a, and the bar 13 standing diametrically across its open bottom.

C G are arms formed by bending the strip of metal,of which said barforms part,vcrtically downward, and I) is a horizontal bar formed bybending said strip rearward from thelower end of the front arm C. Theprojection (Z of said bar, behind the rear arm 0, is provided with aperforation, (7., through. which the device can be fastened to the deskby a screw or a tack. Thus thcbars II) and D and the arms (J O can allbe formed of one strip of metal by bending the same three times at rightangles on itself.

E is a semi-cylindrical strip of metal secured transversely to the lowerend of the front arm 0, with its concavity upward and forming the pencilholder, the cylindrical cup A forming the holder for the sponge, whichrests on the bar 1 and is partly held in place by the heads a, thoughthe latter are not ab- Serial No. 279,156.

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disorder created, as the sponge can be moistened each morning by aperson going from desk to desk with a pail of water,and the pencil canbe similarly sharpened with a stone or file. By this means the frequentcalling of attention of the teacher by the pupils to sharpen pencils ormoisten the sponges may be avoided.

The parts are all preferably of metal, and the receptacle is madebottomless to prevent the water from the sponge from accumulatingtherein.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. Asponge and pencil holdercomprising a cup-shaped receptacle for a sponge and a transversesemi-cylindrical strip, with its convexity upward,to hold a slate orother pencil, substantially as specified.

2. A sponge and pencil holder comprisiuga cylindrical bottomlesscup-shaped receptacle for a sponge, having a bar secured across itslower end for the sponge to rest upon, and a semi-cylindrical strip ofsuitable material secured transversely to an arm depending from saidreceptacle, with its concavity upward to hold a pencil, substantially asspecified.

3. The hcrein-described sponge and pencil holder, comprising thecylindrical bottomless receptacle A,the bar B,crossing the lower end ofsaid receptacle diametrically, the depending arms 0 0, the bar D, havingthe rearward projection d,provided with the perforation d, the said armsand bars being integral,and the semi-cylindrical strip E,securedtransversely,

with its concavity upward,to the lower end of the front arm, 3,substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presonce of two witnesses.

SARAH lll. ASHBY.

Witnesses:

WiLLL-mr Asi LBY,

M. J. Com.

